Through the eye of a needle :wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD /Peter Brown.

Name/Title

Through the eye of a needle :wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD /Peter Brown.

Description

Pt. 1. Wealth, Christianity, and giving at the end of an ancient world -- pt. 2. An age of affluence -- pt. 3. An age of crisis -- pt. 4. Aftermaths -- pt. 5. Toward another world. xxx, 759 pages :color illustrations, maps ;24 cm

Book Details

Author

Brown, Peter

Place Published

City

Princeton

Publication Subjects

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Wealth--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.

Call No.

BR162.3.B77 2012

ISBN

9780691152905, 069115290X

LCCN

2011045697

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 641-741) and index. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Date: [2012] Publication Info: {copy}2012